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CHARLES T. GILMoltf ory 'camu/roliaMARYLAND;

`Lezers Parent No. 96,422,1zad November 2, lacs.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOBACCGRESSS.

The Schedule referred to ln those Lattes-:Patent and making pm of the saura.'

I, CHARLES T; G'rmron, of Baltimore, in the State of' lllarylaml, have invented a new and useful Improved'- Horizontal. Press, and, in the followingdescribc the same.

Nature and v Objects of the I n v'en tion.

My improved horizontal press Ais of that class in which lever-power is employed to propel the plunger, consisting essentially of a snit-able frame, adapted to receive and support, or 'provided with :l receiver and a. reservoir, for the supply of the matt-rial thereto, a. plunger or follower, arranged horizontally'in' the frame in line with the reservdir and receiver, and-a horizontal lever, so connected wi: I i said plunger as, by its reciproca# tion, to propri the same forward, forcing the material into the receiver, and compressing it to the required extent. l A. v

My" invention relates to tlrcldcvccs for applying the rnoliun'ot' the lever tot-hc plunger or/i'ollower, and for supporting and ar/riding the two. i

Lt has for its objects the provision of a strong, sim` plc,'nnd easy-working. automatic device for the former ptn-pose, and the provision for the support-and zuid- 4 ance of the plunger or-Atrllower and level', the freedom from or decrease of friction and strain. l' l It consists- First, in the employment, forimpar-'tingllle motion of the vlever to the plunger or follower', of a pair of ratchet-racks, ot' peculiar' construction, attached to the sidessrf the stem of the plnnger,jtwo 'pull-pawls attached to the lever atsuitablepoints on each side 'of its fnlern-rn, and a pair of springs, soarranged, as by engaging ujitlrthe pawls, at the ends of their backward movement-s, to force them into mesh with the lacks.

Second, in constructing-the racks removable, and' of increasing thickness from their inner or front ends Figure v2, a vertical longitudinal section of thesame,

on the line y y, tig.' l. Figure 3, a vertical transverse section at x z, tlg. 1. Figure 4, a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale,

4of a portion of the stem of the plunger or follower,- he position showing also, in elevation, the pawls iu t which they occupy relatively. thereto.

' General Description.

marks indicate like parts ilrthe severalligar-es.-

A A, in-the drawings, represent the'irar'ne of -thepress, which may' be ot any vsuitable construction;

r-r represent the racks, p p, the-p'mvls; and s s, the

springs, employed to'con'v'ert'the reciprocating .vibx'atory motion of the le'vei into aprogresslve' rectilinear( motion.

lhe tapering form of the racks rand the gradua-i tion lof their teetl|, ale most clearly yshown in fig. 4.

.1 yLligsl 4 and, represcntt-be ledges `or ilanges, provided at-'the lower edge-of the racks fr for the supprtotthc pavvlsp.v n" I f2 2 represent similar, but shorter flanges, preferably provided at the top of the racks,f-forlthe support ofthe teeth, and as an additionallretaier for the4 iawls. 1- ,1 j I t represents the additional or intermediatesuppoit ofthe plunger; 3, the friction-roller-tbrrniug its supporting-surface. p v l u' represents the supporting-truck of the lever; 4 4, its rollers or wheels and fr, itstrac'k.l

w represents a llink, for holdingr the lever to its fulcrum,and which' may also serve to -hold the same o -of'tbe s'temo'f .the plunger ',.which preilra-blyfpassesz-. [through it at this point, asshown,A 2

o represents Ia hoolsr` for 'attaching` draught to thelever.

D represents the cradle ot the pri'z'e shown E, its

abutment;v F F, uprigl1ts,for holding the reservoirs-* and receiving. hogsheadsin line, being hiagedto allow,v of the -introduction and removal'of `=thesa'me; G, the

spriug-catch, by lwhich the uprightsF F are supported; H, the reservoir,l and I, the receiving-hogshead J,

thetobaoco. l

.The construction and operation ofthe parts iast-,re I ferred to, not forming-any part of the' prescnt-,mveri-l. tion, need no particulardescription.

A suitable Daling-receiver may take thc oual .'bolts or rods 5, as shown.

-By making the metallic lacks of. tapering form, and I securing tireur together, by through-bolts, they/"nrc caused to clingl irmly to the -tapering.plnngerftfrsl when pressure is applied, so as to relicvet'rmn undue strain', the shoulders against which their' endsrest, or dispense with the necessity for such shoulders.-v

The pivots of the pawls pare pret'ciably arranged `as near the rear side of thelever as possible, 'nl order to 'make their movements as nearly as possible pnml- In reference to the drawings, similar letters m hel with the sides of the stern otthc plunger.

'.Tlicforrn of the springs sisl unimportant, so' long as they are adapted to oper-'ate as stated. Said springsengagiriq with the pawlsouly t the .moment they are placeh of the hogshead's H I, and the :adaptation therefor. 'The racks r' Dein'gsepa'mtc ii'om the bodyof the ,V

`stcmof -the plungcr,'(the bodyof thcl'plunger being wood,) may be 'secured by a ,dovetail-shape and diag-4 e be forced im om mik, im nnneeemfy 'frenan is a.\"oided,zind` consequently n grent'snving in weer :nid`

power is accomplished. r 1

` The supports t und e may be constructed in any iiultnbleV manner. y Y l Opera-tien.l Y The proper-length of stroke ot -tho lever C being xe1l, by driving two stakes :it proper distance apart,

on opposite' sides .of itor in other suitable nmnner, and ln'otion inipnrted'to it byaneans of-otenm attached to alhook, a, :it its outer end,`or other suitable" means,

the pnwls p are alternnti-ly advanced'and retmctethin the-former n noretnent, slippingover the inelinedhneks ef the teeth, ofthe reeks fr, until, coming` in eontiigt with the springs 3, at the, moment; they come oppiiste the notches ofthe racks in.w hieh they nro to engage, they nm foi-'ced into thel same, and theirfmotion then 'being revelxed, they` dmiv the plunger ibrnfard'by their hold iirtliekrneks, hy their fn termite. :etiolrrendering this movementnemlyeontinuons.

As the compression -advam-es', thel 'power `required to propelthe plunger, and ermseqm-nl: y.tl \e strength required in the nil-ke, inerenses,'nud is niet by the increasing thieknee's oi' the snnie.

Ae' the power required to propel the plnnger incrensesg'ftheatmnon the, lever, in imparting the same, also does eon'espondngly, musing the lever tosprlng to a grentereiitent, and consequently the length ot' stroke imparted tothe pmvls by it to shorten.

The decrease in the length ,of lthe teeth of 'the racks toward the outer end compensates fo|1. t:lxi:\.v

During theopemtion, the plnngeris supported on the roller 3, thellereu on 'thotrucker, und the pnwls on the nnges l, so that dll deleterionsl'riotion amd xstmin :ne prevented'.

Claims. I claim, ns niyinvention- 5 1. i Theeonlhinaition, with .theplnngr or'follorver B and lever (J,l of theme-ks 1, eimstrneted with teeth of decreasing length from their tnneigtp their outer ends',

pull-pawls p 1:,:ittoehed tothe lever, on the respectivel sides of its filler-nun, and springs ss, for pressing the pzinls into mesh, being so arranged nsto'enguge with them only :it the moment, they are to be'thron'n, as herein setvihrth.

'2. The melts 1",

bolts or rodi; 5,' snbstnntlally ns shown and described, for .thepnrposes set forth.

To thenhore specification of myimprored horizon'- tal prese, l have signed in'y' h znul, this4th doy of September, 1862i.V Y 0. T. GILhlQR. l Witnesses: l

.nen Ems, Y Fnnux.. M. linmean, J r.

constrnetet'lV separately from .the A'phnnger B, otinereasng thickness trom their inner to` `the'irfonter ends, und nppliednlnl scent-ed by diagonal 

